干 (乾) gān

  1. gān adjective dry
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
    Notes: Traditional: 乾 (Guoyu '乾' gān adj 1)
  2. gān adjective parched
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
    Notes: Traditional: 乾; in the sense of 枯竭 (Guoyu '乾' gān adj 2)
  3. gān noun trunk
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: Traditional: 幹 (CC-CEDICT '幹'; Guoyu '幹'; Unihan '幹')
  4. gān adjective like family
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: Traditional: 乾; for example, 干爹 'godfather' (Guoyu '乾' gān adj 4)
  5. gān noun Kangxi radical 51
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Radicals
    Notes: Traditional 干 (ABC back cover; GHC p. 7; Guoyu '干' gān n 7)
  6. gān noun dried food
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
    Notes: Traditional: 乾 or 干; for example, 牛肉干 'beef jerky' (Guoyu '乾' gān n 1)
  7. gān verb to dry out
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
    Notes: Traditional: 乾 (Guoyu '乾' gān v 1)
  8. gān verb to use up
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
    Notes: Traditional: 乾; in the sense of 竭尽 (Guoyu '乾' gān v 2)
  9. gān verb to slight; to look down on
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: Traditional: 乾; in the sense of 怠慢 (Guoyu '乾' gān v 3)
  10. gān adverb with nothing remaining
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: Traditional: 乾 (Guoyu '乾' gān adv 1)
  11. qián noun qian; the first of the Eight trigrams
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文 , Concept: Trigram 卦
    Notes: Symbolic form ☰; listed in the 易經 ”Book of Changes” (NCCED '乾' n 1; Nylan 2001, p. 218; Unihan '乾')
  12. qián noun the male principle
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 男性的. For example, in 易經·繫辭上 ”Book of Changes” - Xi Ci I: 乾道成男 'The attributes expressed by Qian constitute the male' (trans. Legge 1882; Guoyu '乾' adj; NCCED '乾' 2; Unihan '乾')
  13. qián proper noun Qian
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names , Concept: Surname 姓氏
    Notes: (NCCED '乾' n 2)
  14. gān adverb in vain
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: Traditional: 乾; in the sense of 徒然 (Guoyu '乾' gān adv 2)
  15. gān adverb superficially
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: Traditional: 乾; in the sense of 表面的 (Guoyu '乾' gān adv 3)
  16. qián proper noun Qian [symbol]
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: Traditional: 乾; name of a divination symbol 卦名 in the Yijing (Guoyu '乾' qián n 1)
  17. qián proper noun Qian
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names , Concept: Surname 姓氏
    Notes: Traditional: 乾 or 干 (Guoyu '乾' qián n 2)
  18. qián adjective masculine; manly
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: Traditional: 乾 (Guoyu '乾' qián adj)
  19. gān noun a shield
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: Traditional: 干; in the sense of 盾 (Guoyu '干' gān n 1)
  20. gān noun gan [heavenly stem]
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: Traditional: 干; same as 天干 (Guoyu '干' gān n 2)
  21. gān noun shore
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: Traditional: 干; in the sense of 岸边 (Guoyu '干' gān n 3)
  22. gān noun a hoard [of people]
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: Traditional: 干; in the sense of 群 (Guoyu '干' gān n 5)
  23. gān verb to commit an offense
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: Traditional: 干; in the sense of 干犯 (Guoyu '干' gān v 1)
  24. gān verb to pursue; to seek
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: Traditional: 干; in the sense of 求取 (Guoyu '干' gān v 2)
  25. gān verb to participate energetically
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: Traditional: 干; for example, 干政 'participate in politics' (Guoyu '干' gān v 3)
  26. gān verb to be related to; to concern
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: Traditional: 干; in the sense of 有关系, as in 相干 (Guoyu '干' gān v 4)

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巴尔干半岛 、 五七干校 、 布干维尔 、 布干维尔岛

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  • 干侯 (乾侯) 公在乾侯 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 昭公 Lord Zhao — count: 44
  • 在干 (在乾) 公在乾侯 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 昭公 Lord Zhao — count: 15
  • 子干 (子乾) 右尹子干出奔晉 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 昭公 Lord Zhao — count: 14
  • 次于干 (次於乾) 而次于乾谿 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 昭公 Lord Zhao — count: 8
  • 干肉 (乾肉) 乾肉不齒決 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《曲禮上》 Summary of the Rules of Propriety Part 1 — count: 7
  • 干时 (乾時) 及齊師戰于乾時 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 莊公 Lord Zhang — count: 5
  • 干谿 (乾谿) 而次于乾谿 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 昭公 Lord Zhao — count: 5
  • 干征 (乾徵) 楚人執陳行人干徵師 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 昭公 Lord Zhao — count: 4
  • 干溪 (乾溪) 弒其君虔于乾溪 — Gongyang's Commentary on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋公羊傳, 昭公 Lord Zhao — count: 4
  • 朱干 (朱乾) 朱干 — Gongyang's Commentary on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋公羊傳, 昭公 Lord Zhao — count: 4